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this is the Weekly Trending Fandom showThu, 31 Aug 2017 05:30:52 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.22A Marvelous Game Could Be a foot…?http://thewtfshow.com/a-marvelous-game-could-be-a-foot/
http://thewtfshow.com/a-marvelous-game-could-be-a-foot/#commentsSat, 29 Jul 2017 15:25:10 +0000http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2618In A Shocking Move, Marvel Studios’ Jeremy Latcham Is Departing For A New Gig At 20th Century Fox, Latcham is (was) apart of Kevin Feige’s inner circle that’s been around since the MCU’s inception. So is this a plot to spearheading new development on X-Men and the Fantastic Four? Time will tell….

So it seems that Jeremy Latcham has taken his last Marvel Studios summer retreat.

During a 2012 episode of the This Week In Marvel podcast, Latcham detailed how Kevin Feige first noticed him back when he was just an assistant to then Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel (just before Disney’s acquistion of Marvel). Under Feige’s watch, Latcham rose from Marvel Studios Story Editor, to Associate Producer, Executive Producer and eventually Senior Vice President. During that same podcast he also revealed that every summer he, Feige, Stephen Broussard and Craig Kyle would rent a house out in California and brainstorm the future direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

With Latcham leaving Marvel for 20th Century Fox, the natural assumption would be that he’s going to head up development on the studio’s Marvel properties. However, The Wrap reports that Latcham will oversee original projects as he sets up his own studio but one has to wonder how long before the studio places Latcham in charge of their X-Men and Fantastic Four properties- especially if Simon Kinberg struggles with X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/a-marvelous-game-could-be-a-foot/feed/0Shadowrun: 2017 ?http://thewtfshow.com/shadowrun-2017/
http://thewtfshow.com/shadowrun-2017/#commentsSat, 29 Jul 2017 14:44:06 +0000>TECH Stuff]]>http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2613Just like anything with a lithium-based battery has the potential to explode, just about any tech product that’s considered “smart” is potentially hackable. Which is why one clever hacker was able to break the Armatix iP1, a smart gun that is designed to only be fired by a person wearing a paired smartwatch.

The hacker, known as Plore, recently discovered that he could shoot the gun without wearing the paired watch by placing just $15 worth of strong magnets next to the weapon. He also managed to disable the weapon remotely by jamming radio signals so it couldn’t shoot. Plore built a $20 transmitter to emit the same 900 MHz frequency (also used by baby monitors and cordless phones) that the gun and smart watch use to send signals, overwhelming all communication between the device and weapon.

Still, even a hackable smart gun is more secure than an ordinary gun. It’s hard to believe that the average Joe Sixshooter would discover the hack, find an Armatix iP1, go buy the right type of magnets, then figure out how to execute the exploit when he could just buy a regular gun, which can be found almost anywhere in the US.

Smart guns cost thousands of dollars, but Plore said it only took $50 to perform all his exploits of the weapon. He said that he just wants to bring the issue to the attention of the gun’s manufacturers so they can make more foolproof weapons.

“Future smart guns might use different authorization mechanisms,” Plore told CNN. “But you’d want to make future smart guns robust against interference, intentional or unintentional, even if it doesn’t use radio signals.”

Armatix already caught wind of the hack and told CNN that when the gun was designed, “there was never the demand to avoid the usage by a well prepared attacker or a skilled hacker.”

Armatix’s initial attempts to sell the iP1 in the US were met with death threats and boycotts by gun rights advocates and smart guns continue to be a contentious issue in America. Officially, the NRA isn’t against “failed attempts to develop and market ‘smart guns,’” but it has continuously warned that such systems could lead to “a ban on all guns that do not possess the government-required technology.”

Others believe smart guns can offer a great amount of safety normal guns don’t have. Last year, then-president Barack Obama unveiled a plan to “expedite the development of smart gun technology” in response to gun violence, and back in 2015, San Francisco’s police chief publicly expressed interest in testing the technology.

[CNN]

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/shadowrun-2017/feed/0…Barry Allen has once again played with the timelinehttp://thewtfshow.com/barry-allen-has-once-again-played-with-the-timeline/
http://thewtfshow.com/barry-allen-has-once-again-played-with-the-timeline/#commentsWed, 26 Jul 2017 12:34:41 +0000http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2609As some may know, Barry Allen has an extremely odd hobby ….He enjoys mucking around and playing with different timelines within the universe and with his curious hobby … once again Mister Allen played with the ( or a this point “A” timeline??) And as a result Tom Felton has left the cast of CW’s The Flash and this is ahead of its upcoming fourth season, according to Entertainment Weekly. Felton, who played Julian Albert (a.k.a. Doctor Alchemy), was a series regular for the 2016-17 season and wasn’t written out in the season finale.

Felton did not appear in the The Flash season 4 trailer released this weekend, or in the cast line-up as it appeared at Comic-Con International: San Diego.

No reason has been given for Felton’s absence.

The Flash’s fourth season is scheduled to begin October 10 on the CW.

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/barry-allen-has-once-again-played-with-the-timeline/feed/0The END is WALKING SOON….http://thewtfshow.com/the-end-is-walking-soon/
http://thewtfshow.com/the-end-is-walking-soon/#commentsTue, 25 Jul 2017 13:37:07 +0000http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2605While we all joke that it is the never-ending story of the zombie apocalypse, are Image Comics and AMC’s versions of The Walking Dead both heading past their sell-by date? It has been a rough week for the show about humanity and hungry brain-munchers, and the bad news just keeps on coming. First Game of Thrones toppled TWD as the most-watched show on cable TV, then creator #RobertKirkman admitted that he has started packing his bags for the franchise’s swansong.

Like some twisted version of one of Negan’s games, Kirkman has walloped fans with a wire-wrapped baseball bat to the skull. It has been a good run, but pick your decomposing jaw off the floor, because it sounds like #TheWalkingDead really is coming to an end — well, at least in comic book form anyway.

Dead And Buried

The news of an endgame was revealed at Kirkman’s star-studded panel during San Diego Comic-Con. The zombie maestro unveiled his bold plans to to wrap up the #comicbook, which he has been writing since 2003, and leave a zombie-shaped hole in the landscape of the horror genre. Speaking to a packed hall of walker lovers, the series creator said we are closer to the end than we might think:

“I think about two or three years ago, I had a pretty good idea for a definitive ending. I have known that since then and been working towards that, so I know exactly where I’m going and what’s gonna happen when I get there.”

He admits that what started off as a fairly humble little acorn has grown into a mighty oak tree, which must’ve been helped by the past seven seasons of AMC’s lauded show:

“When I first started Walking Dead, I knew about the prison story line. So, I knew that they would eventually live in a prison, I knew they would eventually encounter the Governor, I knew there’d be some stuff that happens and I was working towards that. By the time I was at issue 6, I thought of stuff past that, so that’s kind of how it worked. I had this 50 or 60 issue chunk of story and every issue I wrote, it just kept moving, so I always had this big road map ahead of me.”

While the ending is still top secret — and not even written down — Kirkman definitely knows where he wants his bloodthirsty baby to head:

“There was an ending I had in mind that I was thinking, ‘Oh, this would be kind of a cool ending.’ I got to a point where it should’ve happened and I was like, ‘I’m not done yet.’ And this was before the show. It got to a point where I would’ve had to start building to it and I was like, ‘Nah.’ So, I just threw that out and then I just kept going because I had all kinds of cool stuff I wanted to do.”

‘Dead’ Serious

While there is no news on when/how Kirkman plans on burying The Walking Dead, we are definitely staring down the barrel of a loaded shotgun. While it may seem like the end of the world (again) for fans of the comics and AMC’s show, it may not be as bad as you first think for the TV version. Even if Kirkman stopped writing stories tomorrow, there is more than enough material to draw out another eight seasons of the show — if not longer — and there is a running joke that Andrew Lincoln will still be playing Rick Grimes in Season 20. Elsewhere, with a continuing run of solid ratings, showrunners joke that The Walking Dead may never come to an end.

Also, with Scott Gimple’s show differing so vastly from the comic books, who is to say that the show couldn’t outlive its paperback counterpart? That being said, with the comics already having major villains like the Governor, Negan, and Alpha, you can’t help but wonder where The Walking Dead can go next. There have been some major moments on both the page and our TV screens, but it is impossible to continue outdoing yourself. As we drag out limbs toward some sort of final endgame, Kirkman reveals that even he is struggling to keep the blood flowing:

“It’s actually more difficult to write The Walking Dead than its ever been because we’ve done a lot of stuff. To be able to top yourself, and keep things fresh, and keep things interesting… It gets harder and harder and harder as you go. Knowing what the end game is and working towards that, makes it a little bit easier.”

Currently standing at 169 issues, The Walking Dead is still one of the most popular comic books out there, and with the recent major death of a certain long-standing character, Kirkman has shown that he can still shock us some 14 years later. Admittedly, nothing lasts forever, but is it right for TWD to start shuffling off toward the graveyard already?

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/the-end-is-walking-soon/feed/0This is why things are MUCH cooler in Japan, the sushi comes to you …http://thewtfshow.com/this-is-why-things-are-much-cooler-in-japan-the-sushi-comes-to-you/
http://thewtfshow.com/this-is-why-things-are-much-cooler-in-japan-the-sushi-comes-to-you/#commentsSat, 22 Jul 2017 15:52:09 +0000>NEWSie Stuff]]>http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2601

Go little guy GOOOoo!

IN TOKYO…

It’s hard to fully express the joy of eating at a kaitenzushi restaurant, where conveyor belts parade an endless loop of mouthwatering plates of sushi right in front of you. If you have any appreciation for delicious food or technological innovation, it’s something you really need to experience at least once in your life.

But as convenient as it may be to have the machinery of a kaitenzushi joint bringing your food to you, you still have to go to the trouble of making your way to the restaurant in the first place. Starting next month, though, there’ll be an even easier way to enjoy sushi, and one that still shows off mechanical prowess, as sushi delivery robots are going into operation in Japan. WOOOOO!!

Tokyo-based robotics firm ZMP’s slogan is “Robot of Everything.” Since you can’t say your robots do everything if they can’t deliver food, TEHN what really good are they ?!?!? ( has everyone see bladerunner yet ?) So with that in mind, ZMP designed the CarriRo Delivery unit to do just that. Standing one meter tall, the CarriRo Delivery is built to autonomously navigate pedestrian walkways through the use of cameras and laser sensors at a speed of up to six kilometers per hour, roughly as fast as a briskly striding human OR a slow Replicant, if you will…lol

ZMP has entered into a partnership with Ride On Express, a multi-divisional food delivery service. Ride On Express’ brands include the popular sushi specialist Gin no Sara, and so from August CarriRo Delivery robots will be used to transport sushi orders to customers on the final leg of the distribution chain. ZMP estimates a single robot can carry enough food to feed 60 people.

Currently, legislation is still hazy on the legality of autonomous robots operating on public sidewalks. So although the CarriRo Delivery can be monitored and controlled remotely by human operators, for the robots initial assignment its use will be limited to private property such as office parks and other non-sidewalk areas. If all goes well, though, ZMP hopes to have its robots moving among pedestrians on regular sidewalks in the near future.

I don’t know about you, but we look forward towards the time and day, when North America can have nice things once again …lol

Sources: ZMP, NHK News Web

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/this-is-why-things-are-much-cooler-in-japan-the-sushi-comes-to-you/feed/0DuckTales just Got DANGEROUS…http://thewtfshow.com/ducktales-just-got-dangerous/
http://thewtfshow.com/ducktales-just-got-dangerous/#commentsSat, 22 Jul 2017 00:41:44 +0000> Animation TV]]>http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2598Though the show’s producers refused to commit one way or the other during the DuckTales panel at last weekend’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA, attendees at the Disney XD reboot’s Comic-Con International presentation saw it first hand: Darkwing Duck is gonna help Duckburg get a little more dangerous.

It’s still not known exactly when i the first season the purple-clad hero and his adopted daughter Gosalyn will appear on the series, but there’s little doubt fans will be excited at the prospect of seeing Darkwing team up again for the first time with Launchpad McQuack.

This will also mark the first time Darkwing has officially existed in the DuckTales Universe alongside Scrooge McDuck, Donald, and their nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. Though both the original Ducktales and Darkwing Duck series shared some characters (most prominently the aforementioned Launchpad), officially, they existed in separate universes.

“Because Launchpad appeared in DuckTales and we used Roboduck as the Superman character, the hero who gets all the glory as opposed to Darkwing, fans try to connect the two realities,” creator Tad Stones revealed in late 2016. “They are two different universes in my book. We work in the alternate Duckiverse.”

RELATED: DuckTales Honors Donald Duck’s 83rd Birthday in New Short

“Credit my comic book sensibilities. DW takes place in ‘A’ Ducktales universe but not the one you saw on TV,” Stone later elaborated to CBR’s managing editor Albert Ching via Twitter. “It’s an alternate universe with a different Launchpad like a DC ‘Elseworlds’ story. And thank you for watching.”

DuckTales premieres on Disney XD Aug. 12 with a one-hour movie before the series begins its regular run in September. The one-hour TV movie will air at midnight ET/PT on Disney XD, and then run for 24 consecutive hours, giving fans plenty of time to immerse themselves in this new DuckTales. The series stars David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck, Danny Pudi as Huey, Ben Schwartz as Dewey, Bobby Moynihan as Louie, Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack, Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack, Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley and Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck. They’re joined by such guest stars as Lin-Manuel Miranda as Gizmoduck aka Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera, Allison Janney as Goldie O’Gilt, Margo Martindale as as Ma Beagle, Paul F. Tompkins as Gladstone Gander, Kimiko Glenn as well-traveled teen Lena, Jim Rash as mad scientist Gyro Gearloose, Josh Brener as tech billionaire Mark Beaks, Keith Ferguson as Scrooge’s archenemy Flintheart Glomgold, Eric Bauza as the Beagle Boys and Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake.

Via Entertainment Weekly

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/ducktales-just-got-dangerous/feed/0Whats going on BATMAN???http://thewtfshow.com/whats-going-on-batman/
http://thewtfshow.com/whats-going-on-batman/#commentsFri, 21 Jul 2017 23:33:41 +0000>COMIC STUFF]]>http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2592As we move forward with two Productions from Warner Brothers and some fans feel like being beaten down like a baby seal in Antarctica, the general fan public has come to accept Ben Affleck as the new Batman of the land of DC cinematic universe…however there seems to be a flickering of Light Within the bat signal that MIGHT bring this new Caped Crusader to a curtain close…

The word in the back alley streets of Gotham, is that the evil Warner Bros. are planning to “usher out” Ben Affleck as Batman – possibly as soon as after this fall’s Justice League film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Despite Warners’ film studio chief Toby Emmerich telling the trade “Ben is our Batman. We love him as Batman. We want to keep him in the cowl as long as we can,” and The Batman writer/director Matt Reeves saying that he intends to keep Affleck in the role, a source tells THR that the studio is working on plans to usher out Affleck’s Batman.

Citing an unnamed source “with knowledge of the situation,” the intention is to do so “gracefully” and explain the change-over to a new actor (and possibly a new character) in a future DCEU film. We think that this is a DICK move…but maybe, just maybe what’s this franchise need’s, MORE DICK to move forward in a franchise that has been running for almost 75 plus years ?BUT who knows…

Affleck’s role in the DCEU grew much since being cast as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s Batman, to include producing Justice League and signing on to write-and-direct The Batman. Since then, Affleck stepped down from directing his solo film, and in a recent interview the replacement director Matt Reeves said he is setting Affleck’s script (co-written with Geoff Johns) aside for a new story – one which THR says is a trilogy.

“…it would be wise to bet against Affleck starring in The Batman,” says THR.

So once again that is the skinny on what is going on in the dark alleys of things….but time will tell.

]]>http://thewtfshow.com/whats-going-on-batman/feed/0Venom, Carpenter and Cronenberg? Could be interesting…?http://thewtfshow.com/venom-carpenter-and-cronenberg-could-be-interesting/
http://thewtfshow.com/venom-carpenter-and-cronenberg-could-be-interesting/#commentsWed, 19 Jul 2017 20:19:29 +0000>COMIC STUFF]]>http://thewtfshow.com/?p=2586Here’s something for you, did you know that Venom Will Draw on the Work of John Carpenter and David Cronenberg? we didn’t know ether (LoL)

So s things continue to slobber on, we know that, thanks to the “R”-rated gambles like Logan and Deadpool paying off for Fox, Columbia Pictures is rolling the dice on a long-gestured dark property: Venom, one of the most vicious and brutal of all of Spider-Man’s enemies. When the studio announced that this spinoff would actually happen, the biggest question beyond “how?” was as to its aesthetics. It’s been confirmed a dozen times over now that it will be an “R”-rated affair that, while not part of the Marvel Comics Universe, Venom will, in fact, be in the same “reality” as the Spider-Man films, which could lead to a crossover in the future. Same reality or not, they’re planning on drawing from the works of horror gods.

For Venom, Sony has tapped director Zombieland‘s Ruben Fleischer to bring the menacing arachnoid to the masses. In the comic books and the film, Venom is hatched after reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) bonds with an alien symbiote — a union that gives him deadly powers. “I’ve always been drawn to the more anti-hero superheroes,” Fleischer told Variety. “There’s a dark element to [Venom] and a wit that has always appealed to me.”

In first ever real story details, Fleischer says the film will deal with Venom’s origins and with the Jekyll and Hyde relationship Brock has with the alien symbiote. “They become almost a third being, which is what Venom is,” Fleischer says. “There’s a famous quote: ‘You’re Eddie Brock. I’m the symbiote. Together we are Venom.’”

While that’s exciting and all, Columbia Pictures’ president Sanford Panitch made eyebrows raise when he said that Venom will draw on the work of John Carpenter or David Cronenberg while promising “more pop and fun.”

It’s still uncertain if Spider-Man will appear in the film, however, does tease: “If we get lucky enough to make more than one [Venom film] and continue the franchise, there are lots of opportunities.”

Venom is scheduled to be released October 5, 2018, making it a Halloween affair. Venom isn’t the only symbiote featured as Carnage will be the murderous villain, while Brock’s ex-wife, dubbed “She-Venom” will allegedly also appear. It sounds as if there will be plenty of scares, as well as blood shed, but what’s most exciting is knowing that Venom could call back to films such as The Thing, Videodrome, or even The Fly. Hopefully, they don’t abuse CGI and find a way to make it as unsettling as the classics from the 1980s. What do you guys think?

IKE PERLMUTTER NO LONGER MARVEL CEO!
HALLELUJAH!

Now it’s all starting to come together!In an article that was actually published at the end of May, THR (h/t reddit) reports the eccentric billionaire, Ike Perlmutter, is no longer the Marvel CEO.

The article points out:

His aversion to the limelight runs so deep that he’s no longer CEO of Marvel, and yet, news outlets continue to confer that title upon him because there has never been any press release announcing he had relinquished that role.

A quick check of Ike Perlmutter’s Wiki also references the article and notes Ike Perlmutter’s end date is unknown, which may mean Perlmutter had stopped being Marvel CEO prior to May.

Ike Perlmutter has been CEO of Marvel since 2005 and has been blamed for a host of problems within the company including issues with Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios.
Kevin Feige actually had to go above Ike Perlmutter to Disney CEO Bob Iger to remove Perlmutter and his Marvel Comics Creative Committee (Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada, Brian Bendis) from being involved with the movies.

Ike Perlmutter is also said to be responsible for there not being a female Marvel Studios movie, which obviously blew up in his face when Wonder Woman was released earlier this year as it’s currently WB’s #3 movie of all time in North America and the #9 comic book movie adaptation.

Ike Perlmutter is also said to be responsible for the cancellation of various Marvel comic books and characters related to having their film rights owned by Fox Studios. Wolverine, probably Marvel’s second most popular character behind Spider-Man, was killed off, and the Fantastic Four comic was cancelled. In addition, Ike Perlmutter is said to have demanded the removal of the characters from games and merchandise.

Interestingly enough, while we all missed the news of Ike Perlmutter no longer being Marvel CEO, the past couple of months have seen the X-Men and Wolverine return to comics, gaming and merchandise. It’s also speculated that the Fantastic Four may be returning to Marvel comics.

Now what is unclear is whether Ike Perlmutter – worth around $4 billion – is still involved with Marvel as I believe he does hold one of the most amounts of Disney stock owned by an individual. Perlmutter has been spotted with Donald Trump, and he is presently involved in some sort of weird DNA court case scandal (which may invovle Marvel employees), so it’s possible Ike Perlmutter may have stepped down from being Marvel CEO.

Regardless, just the past few months seem to show that Ike Perlmutter’s grip on Marvel Comics/ Animation/ TV/ Gaming/ Licensing and Merchandise is loosening, so let’s hope his stranglehold is let go completely.

Interestingly enough, the Agents of SHIELD are now returning to the MCU with Ant-Man and the Wasp and Nick Fury is in Captain Marvel.

Well would you look at that… we have first look on what this going on with the NEW Deadpool movie…yay for us

(lol)

Ryan Reynolds shared a set pic of himself in full Deadpool attire with Leslie Uggams as Blind Al on Instagram while filming the sequel Deadpool 2. Check out the photo below.

The film is being directed by David Leitch from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and co-starring Morena Baccarin, T. J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapi?i?, Zazie Beetz, Josh Brolin, and Jack Kesy.

Principal photography began in Vancouver on June 26, under the working title Love Machine. It is expected to last there until October 6, 2017.